1 Shenstone Cottage, Bates Lane, Tanworth In Arden, Solihull, B94 5AP

1 Shenstone Cottage is a semi-detached house in Tanworth-In-Arden, Solihull, Solihull (B94 5AP). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2013) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since January 1995 — that's 31 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £333,000 sits 788% above the 1995 sale of £37,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£40/sq ft) was about 89.4% below the postcode norm. At 88 m² it sits well below the postcode median (140 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 4 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.